Midfielder
Wilshere who spent most of the last season on the sideline will miss this first
game of the season. Wenger is confident that he will return next week. He has returned
to training and will be 100% fit for the second game.

Center-back
Gabriel Paulista picked up anankle injury recently in a friendly
game against Manchester City. He is out for six to eight weeks.

Arsenal
will be short of senior center-backs, Mertesacker and Paulista both are out for
several games.

On
the other hand, Arsenal are closing on the deal with Valencia for their defender
Shkodran Mustafi, according to his agent. Read Full Story

Columnist: Shah Arsalan, is an Arsenal fan, he loves to write transfer news and injury news. See all his articles